These brines are hot (300 F to 400 F) (149 C to 204 C) pressurized waters that contain dissolved methane and lie at depths of 10,000 ft (3048 m) to more than 20,000 ft (6096 m) below the earth's surface. The best known geopressured reservoirs lie along th ...

An order meaning sufficient (enough).

A fabric cone attached to a metal ring and used to indicate wind direction. often at airfields.

See 'American-style.

A temperature telemeter.

The development of loose removable powder at the surface of an organic coating usually caused by weathering.

Institute of Marine Engineers

(ADR)American depositary receipts are a convenient way for Americans to own shares in foreign.

The visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths from 0.4 to 0.76 microns

Those elements of building used to control the interior climate.

The wind speed and direction at various levels in the atmosphere above the level reached by surface weather observations.

National Boating Safety Advisory Council

An instrument for measuring differences of electric potential.

Costs that vary directly with the level of activity within a short time. Examples include costs of moving cargo inland on trains or trucks, stevedoring in some ports, and short-term equipment leases. For business analysis, all costs are either defined as ...

A wooden bar which may be shipped in the capstan head for heaving around by hand (to heave up anchor or heavy objects by manpower).

An aqueous solution containing one gram equivalent of the active reagent in 1L of the solution.

The physically connected generation, transmission, and distribution facilities and components operated as a unit.

In the US, a computerised high speed communication system linking the banks within the Federal.

The maximum repeated stress that can he endured by a metal without failure under definite conditions of corrosion and fatigue and for a specific number of stress cycles and a specified period of time.

An absolute temperature scale with the degree of the Fahrenheit scale and the zero point of the Kelvin scale. The freezing point of water equals 491.69